West Jersey

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former colony historical region proprietary colony

West Jersey was the western division of colonial New Jersey, a proprietary English colony in North America during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Aliases (1)

Province of West Jersey ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former colony → historical region → proprietary colony →
borderedBy	Delaware River → East Jersey line of division →
capital	Burlington →
colonialPower	England →
colonialStatus	proprietary colony of England →
country	Kingdom of England →
currency	pound sterling →
endTime	1702 →
establishedBy	Quaker proprietors →
event	Concession and Agreement of West New Jersey →
followedBy	Province of New Jersey →
founder	Edward Byllynge → Gawen Lawrie → John Fenwick → Nicholas Lucas → William Penn →
governmentType	colonial government → proprietary government →
hasCapital	Burlington →
historicalEra	Colonial America →
inception	Concession and Agreement of West New Jersey →
languageUsed	English →
legalSystem	English common law →
legislativeBody	General Free Assembly of West New Jersey →
locatedIn	British America → New Jersey → North America → Thirteen Colonies →
mergedInto	Province of New Jersey →
mergedWith	East Jersey →
namedAfter	Jersey →
partOf	Middle Colonies → Province of New Jersey →
precededBy	New Netherland →
reasonForEnd	surrender of proprietary government to the Crown →
religion	Protestantism → Quakerism →
sharesBorderWith	East Jersey →
significantPopulation	Quakers →
sovereignState	Kingdom of England → Kingdom of Great Britain →
startTime	1674 → 1676 →
territoryIncludes	Delaware River western New Jersey region →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
East Jersey →	borderedBy
Province of New Jersey →	dividedInto
Fort Nassau (New Jersey) →	locatedInRegion
Province of New Jersey ("Province of West Jersey") →	mergedFrom